Judge Orders Records in Abrego Garcia Case Be Unsealed

A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday ordered the release of documents related to the deportation of illegal immigrant and alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, rejecting the Trump administration's argument that the contents could risk national security.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, a Barack Obama appointee, granted a request by a coalition of news organizations to unseal seven documents and a partially redacted transcript from an April 30 hearing, the Washington Examiner reported.

"It does not disclose any potentially privileged or otherwise sensitive information for which a compelling government interest outweighs the right to access," Xinis wrote in a five-page order, according to ABC News.